What is Dropbox Transfer?

You can use Dropbox Transfer to send files you don’t need to collaborate on. For example, you might use Dropbox Transfer to email a link to a finalized contract or deliver a finished product, such as a long video file. Learn more about sending long video files.

When you send a transfer, the recipient receives a shareable link that they can click to download the files. The recipient doesn’t need a Dropbox account to access or download a transfer. 

Learn how to create a transfer with Dropbox.

Can I customize my transfers?

Customers on Dropbox Standard, Professional, Education, Essentials, Business, Business Plus, Advanced, and Enterprise can also customize transfers with custom expiration dates, passwords, logos, and backgrounds. Customers on the Professional plan can also add websites and social media links.

What are the size limits?

The size limit of your transfer depends on the plan you have.

• Dropbox Basic: 2 GB
• Dropbox Family: 50 GB
• Dropbox Plus: 50 GB
• Dropbox Transfer, Standard, Professional, Education, Essentials, Advanced, and Business: 100 GB
  •  Folders that are very close to the 100 GB limit (95 GB+) with deeply nested structures or thousands of files can occasionally experience upload issues. If you encounter upload issues, try reducing the folder size to 80-90 GB or splitting the folder into multiple transfers.
• Dropbox Business Plus and Enterprise: 250 GB

When does a transfer expire?

The length of time before a transfer expires depends on the plan you have: 

• Dropbox Basic, Family, and Plus: The expiration for your transfer is 7 days. 
• Dropbox Transfer, Standard, Professional, Education, Essentials, Business, Advanced, Business Plus, and Enterprise: You can set a custom expiration date when you create your transfer. If you don’t create a custom expiration date, the default expiration for your transfer is 30 days.

When are transfers deleted from Dropbox servers?

Expired transfers are deleted from Dropbox servers after a set period of time. This deletion timeline will depend on your plan: 

• Dropbox Basic, Family, and Plus: Transfers are deleted 30 days after their expiration date. 
• Dropbox Transfer, Standard, Professional, Education, Essentials, Advanced, Business, Business Plus, and Enterprise: Transfers are deleted 180 days after their expiration date. 

When a transfer is deleted, it’s removed from the Expired tab on dropbox.com.

You can choose to delete the transfer yourself, which immediately deletes it permanently from Dropbox.